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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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William de Leyton, burgess and merchant of London; William de Kent, burgess and merchant...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/120/5998
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/120/5998
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1305]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William de Leyton, burgess and merchant of London; William de Kent, burgess and merchant of London; Richard Cristemasse (Christmas), burgess and merchant of London; John de Dunstaple, burgess and merchant of London.
- Name(s)
- de Leyton; de Kent; Cristemasse (Christmas); de Dunstaple, William; William; Richard; John
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- burgess and merchant of London
- Nature of request
- The petitioners state that in the King's twenty-first year [20 November 1292-19 November 1293], when the King had ordered the people of Sandwich to equip a ship to guard the sea and protect merchants against the King's enemies, this ship encountered their ship, returning from Calais to London, attacked it, and took money and merchandise from them. They have sued before the mayor and burgesses of Sandwich for compensation for their losses and their damages, but with no effect. They ask the King and council to order that compensation for these losses and damages be given them.
- Nature of endorsement
- A writ of the King's Chancery is to be issues to Robert de Burghesse, Constable of Dover and Warden of the Cinque Ports, that, when he has, with all diligence, inquired into the truth of the contents of this petition, by the oath of good and law-worthy men of Sandwich and other foreign places, both inside liberties and outside, and when he has called those who should be called, and heard their arguments, he is to do justice, so that the King hears no more of this. And on this matter the sheriff of Kent is to be ordered to summon as many and such men, and where and when, as the said Warden will instruct him etc. by whom etc.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Sandwich, [Kent]
- Calais, [France]
- Seinte Margarete de Steyres (St Margaret at Cliffe), [Kent]
- Dover [Kent]
- the Cinque Ports
- Kent.
- People mentioned
- Robert de Burghesse (Burghersh), Constable of Dover and Warden of the Cinque Ports.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CPR 1301-7 p.358 is dated 28 April 1305, and is clearly the result of this petition.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 4984
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw I, vol. IV, 1301-1307, (Public Record Office, 1898), p.358 (commission of oyer et terminer to Robert de Burghesse on this matter)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150692/
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